Nick Backstrom's passes were off all game. I've definitely never typed that before. Hopefully just rust.
Hagelin had the best game for the Caps I thought.
I like Panik as a 4th liner.
Vrana was bad. At one point he passed to Kovalchuk and Kovalchuk was ready to run a give and go but Vrana was coasting after his pass.
Caps tightened up after giving up some quality chances early.
I keep noticing that with Vrana. He seems reluctant to skate hard.
Other thoughts from the game:
Dillon Orlov is a nice pair.
Backstrom was not great.
Top line looks good.
Jensen had a good game.
Third line also looked good to me.
Kovalchuk seems so close to putting something together.
Gudas and Kempny were not good.